The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-08-04
THE NEW MANS "BID.n
A STUDENT INTO THE
! MYSTERIES OF A "oYKE."

! MYSTERIES OF A "oYKE."
College Fun I'm the University of y.r-
ginia--TribuIations of a I.uckless Vic
tim-Social Amusements of Ito Stu
dents-1ieligious Organization.
We first visit the rooms of all our &C.
quaintances, and inform them Of the fact
that our new man has a '"bid, and that
he must be initiated into the mysteries of
a "dyke." This project meets with IN.
eral acceptance, and preparation orc
forthwith begun for this time he ..acrcd and
purely local institution. D-.ec is saifi to
be derived from Gree ycrb siomifr;no
to ''show," to .'poir. out,'-I supnoso
from the action of ,,cinting with tho right
hand at the victi N as you scream. saDyker,
Inc pTepar ..tions are made by procur-
ing all the Old horns, some of them six,
eishI ar ten feet long, that we can lay
our lands on; all the coal scuttles, not in
ac sual use, for drums; and old clothes.
wrapped around sticks ana saturated with
oil, for torches. With this parapher-
MALTA We collect around the door of our
innocent friend, and, making the rest
conceal themselves behind pillars, trees
and everything else available, 90 into
his room and watch him dress; talking all
the time in the most unexcited way posi-
BILE. At last he is ready. / stay behind
to blow out the lamp as he goes out of the
door. / hear the words, "Hcre he IL,
boysr' "All right" and hurried "Why,
what's the natter What are you going
to dor Ills questions are unheeded, and,
after momentary halt to give the fifty
torch bearers time to apply a match to the
eombustible material on the ends of their
poles, the prolonged shout, "Dykel dyke!
dykeW Is heard echoing and re-eehoing up
and down the arcades, rousing all stu
dents, especially the new ones, from their
studies. The cry spreads like wildfre,
and is taken up from room to room,
house to house, range to range,
until the venerable old walls shake
with the din. Amid the shouts, tho
blowing Of the immense horns, and the
beating Of tin pans, the victim, In the
hands of his quasi friends and by the
glaring light Of torches, now increased to
perhaps 100, is rushed around the lawn,
around the ranges, and then up the middle
OF the campus, and Is finally placed upon
the topmost step, leading to the rotunda
perch, some fifteen or twenty feet above
the sea Of upturned faces, which seems to
be so cruelty enjoying themselves at his
expense. $780,.
MAKING A SPEECH.
Some kind friend behind him takes of
his hat for him, another catches him back
Of the neck and compels him to make
bow. The cries of Speech! speechr'
make the weldn ring and the windows in
the old dome rattle. II he Is o wise young
man, he will keep silent; IL not, he will
attempt to speak; but he will never get
further than the first word, to be deafened
by the applause. In some ten minutes he
is considered to have had enough. The
take him down, put on his hut,
and rush him down the middle 81 the
lawn at full speed. When tde house at
which the entertainment is given Is
the 200 men flor I have FREE
quently seen that many engaged in O
dyke form double line extending fifty
or seventy-five yards, and the luckless
victim is rushed through by two captors,
right up into the house, little pitied by,
but affording much amusement to, the
girls assembled at the windows.
But when, despite Scylla and
Charybdis, no has safely reached
his haven, they make up for their heart
lessness by being doubly sweet to him;
and as he wends his way homeward, some.
where about tho witching hour of 12, no
declares that for such pleasure he would
suffer it all again.
He soon makes the acquaintance Of most
Of the young ladies in the neighborhood,
If he is 'calicoist" (which implies u
greater lover Of the fair sex than of his
studies), and pursues their acquaintance,
or not, as his own sweet will may die
tate. " "'ta
A german club is generally formed in
the early part Of the year, and gives
o german about once month, |
though last year it gave eighteen. This
club is composed of the dancing girls as
well as young men; tho latter have to |
sign pledge not to drink drop of any
kind of liquor from 10 o'clock Of the day Of
the german until 10 o'clock the next day. |
This prevents any disorderly conduct, and
makes the germans much less objectiona-
BILE than formerly to the quiet citizens,
who were liable to be disturbed at ali
hours by the uproarious germanites after
the dancing was over.
SOCIETY OF THE LADIES
Our young friend, If fond Of dancing,
joins, and goes in for an amusement In |
which only tho dancing girls engage. If,
however, he is not q disciple of Terpsi- |
,hore, and is still fond Of ladies' society,
be has an equal number of beautiful and |
girls, who will talk, walk, |
ride or flirt with him, but disapprove of |
lancing.
II our friend Is not susceptible to the |
charms of the fair sex, he Is by this time |
1eep in his studies, getting quite inter-
,sted in some ancient Greek, Latin or |
Hebrew novelist, or else is Just beginning |
70 see the beauty of solid geometry, law |
u anatomy. If he does not care to study. |
ne will find many who are only too glad |
g teach him how to spend his money, and |
to spend it for him. Eut we |
will not suppose our friend has such d |
disposition as either to be afraid of the |
girls or his studies. For it very fire.
Iuently happens that the best students do |
! good deal of ''calicoing."
About this time he is asked, either by q |
friend or some person specially appointed |
or the purpose, to unite himself with the |
Z. M. c. A., which is the Oldest COLLEGE
Y. NJ. G. A. in the Notwithstanding been
in 1858 and having been kept up
'ver since. II he is q member of any es-
abolished church, he rarely hesitates to !
AXE advantage of this opportunity to
show his interest and join I'm the only re-
igious work Of the university; for the Y. |
VI. G, A, Is the only authorized religious
horo II yyut,,,. - g.